Catching the Importance of Skin Cancer Awareness and Prevention
Source: Cure Today, September 2022
Former Cincinnati Reds catcher, and MLB Hall of Famer, Johnny Bench is using his stature as a public figure to advocate for skin cancer prevention and detection.
Johnny Bench is using his status as a former Cincinnati Reds catcher, his title of Baseball Hall of Famer and his experience with skin cancer to increase awareness of protecting one’s skin from the sun and doing regular skin checks.
“If we can make one person, 100 people, 1,000 people (more aware), let’s get them all checked and let’s get way ahead of (skin cancer),” Bench said in an interview with CURE®. “I’ve had too many of my friends that have been through chemo … and everything else. I think that is the one thing (that) is probably the scariest.”